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Our Friend 2019
Our Friend (2019): A Shaggy, Tear-Stained Ode to Real Ones
Alright, so here's the deal, man. Our Friend is one of those movies that sneaks up on you like a rogue wave when you’re half-fucked on the shore, thinking about eternity. It’s got that warm, slow-burning heartbreak, the kind that creeps in between all the beers, where life ain't just about the highs but the people who hold you steady when you’re swirling down the drain that looms at the…
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Sorcerer 1977
Four guys, each fleeing some kinda universal comeuppance, end up exiled in a South American purgatory, broke, hunted, and grasping for any fathomable reason to keep putting one foot in front of the other. They get their shot at redemption/suicide by hauling trucks full of highly-volatile nitroglycerin across terrain that looks like God had a bad acid trip, destroyed his house, and forgot to clean up after.
The jungle breathes. It oozes and slithers. The bridge scene, if that doesn’t…
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The Brutalist 2024
There’s this thing about Jews in America: we always have to be useful enough to be tolerated, but not so visible that it makes the seer-sucker wearing Kennedy/Bush types squirm in their club chairs. It’s the same game as ever: open arms until you ask for a seat at the table, and then suddenly there’s no more room, sorry pal. The film gets this. The way Toth gets trotted out, admired, exploited, then discarded—man, it’s not just about architecture, it’s…
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Dear Kelly 2024
Andrew Callaghan is a visionary and wickedly skilled filmmaker. Fuck Bill Joiner. 5/5.
"You gotta let mothafuckas be mothafuckas." - Unkle Pill
